Absolutely you can blend it… I like a blended soup!
Do you have a hand blender? I use one that is long and skinny..
you just put the end of it in the crockpot, and blend it right in the
same container. As few dishes as possible!

I’m not sure about freezing. I think it would freeze well.
Why don’t you try freezing it and letting us know!

Per Dr Fuhrman advice I have always avoided any beans except peas and lima beans because of the Arachodonic acid. Does this not apply to lentils?
Thanks for all your continued input for all of us, Jill

Julie, I believe that Dr. Fuhrman recommends eating beans. The fiber in beans is so good to keep the colon clean and flush the body of excess cholesterol, etc.
Where did you read that he recommends against beans? I just looked online and couldn’t find anything.
Jill

It’s hard to believe that such a delicious dish can come from such a simple and easy recipe. All my slow cooker recipes call for sauteing the onions first, if only in broth, but clearly there’s no need for that. I love the simple rule of thumb that uses equal amounts of onions, carrots and celery, thrown straight into the pot. That could obviously be the basis for all kinds of soups/stews. Also, I like the use of curry powder, already a blend of spices, rather than having to have all the individual spices on hand. This will be great for my niece at college who is trying to follow a plant-based diet but is put off by long recipes with lots of ingredients and measuring.

Yes, my favorite vegan slow cooker book, called “Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker”, by Robin Robertson, starts almost every recipe instruction with this: “For the best flavor, heat the oil in a medium-size skillet, etc. Then she follows with this: “Alernatively, omit the oil and sauté these ingredients in a few tablespoons of water”. I don’t use oil, but felt the sautéing was somehow still necessary. So now I can skip that step altogether! And I have never found flavor to be lacking. Indeed, once you stop using oil in cooking, dishes cooked with it start tasting, well, oily!